[LAU] SSD for audio

[Arnold Krille]

On Friday 17 December 2010 15:46:06 Ray Rashif wrote:
> On 17 December 2010 22:34, Mark Knecht <markknecht at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 5:22 AM, Joe Hartley <jh at brainiac.com> wrote:
> >> On Fri, 17 Dec 2010 14:14:48 +0100
> >> 
> >> Philipp Überbacher <hollunder at lavabit.com> wrote:
> >>> I have a little question as well: Can a laptop HD be replaced
> >>> with a SSD without trouble
> >> 
> >> A slightly longer answer: Yes, as long as the laptop supports SATA.  I
> >> thought I'd replace the drive in my ThinkPad T43, but it uses an older
> >> type drive with a very different connector, so obviously that didn't
> >> work for me.
> > 
> > I had a Compaq laptop that looked like it had a different connector.
> > Turned out that Compaq attaced a different connector to the SATA port
> > before inserting it into the machine's drive port. Possibly your
> > ThinkPad is similar?
> 
> Laptops either have SATA or IDE. Both types of connections are of a
> different form factor compared to their 3.5" counterparts.

Nope, sata is sata is sata. Its standard. Not only the shape of the connector 
is the same for all 2.5" and 3.5" disks, the position with respect to the 
lower left edge of the drive (looking at the connector) is the same too. 
Pretty neat for exchanging disks without the need for a tray...

There could be issues when the 3.5" disk wants 12V while the adaptor meant for 
2.5" disks via usb only has 5V...

Have fun,

Arnold
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